Grantham I beat Division I leaders

Grantham I were successful in their latest home match against Nottingham University I; winning by a one point margin. This leaves Grantham I third in the Division I table after seven matches on nine points. This is just one point behind University I and Ashfield I. The individual match scores were as follows (respective ratings are in brackets);

1 Cumbers C (194) 0 – 1 Lam P (190) 2 Birtwistle N (202) 0.5 – 0.5 Walker A (180) 3 Coates D (175) 0.5 – 0.5 Lee D (171) 4 McCarthy K (182) 1 – 0 Yap A (178) 5 Pierbattisti G (160) 1 – 0 Lewis C (136) 3 – 2

Grantham II v West Nottingham II

Grantham II won their latest home game against West Nottingham II by the handsome score of 5 Nil.
There were wins for Giorgio Pierbattisti, Trevor Palmer, Ivan David, Ben Mason and Mrs. Rona Allgood. This win puts Grantham a point ahead of Gambit III at the top of Division 3 of the Nottinghamshire Chess League on 11 points with the same number of games played.